Melaine — girls' name

What the Data Says About Melaine

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,398 babies named Melaine between 1925 and 2022, spanning 98 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Melaine currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1980, when 83 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Melaine performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 634 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Melaine shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 118 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Melaine in 12 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Melaine in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 2,398 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.